Indication of support for keep- alive draft-holmberg-sip-keep-03 Christer Holmberg

PROBLEM [draft-ietf-sip-outbound] defines two functionally separated mechanisms: –Multiple registration flow mechanism –SIP signalling keep-alive mechanism Not possible for SIP entity to indicate explicit support of the keep-alive mechanism –Only possible to indicate support of Outbound in general, which includes both mechanisms (Possible to use only keep-alive mechanism between UA and edge proxy if registrar does not support Outbound)

PREVIOUSLY IN IETF Concensus not to add explicit keep-alive indication (e.g. using the keep parameter which once was part of Outbound) to [draft-ietf-sip- outbound]. Statement that such indication should be specified in a separate draft I thought we had made a decission to start working on such indication, but obviously not...

NUTSHELL Allows SIP entities to indicate support of, and use, the NAT keep-alive mechanisms defined in [draft-ietf-sip-outbound] Hacks, e.g. based on frequent re- registrations (very common today), can be avoided if it is known that keep-alives will be sent

USE CASES (1/2): Outbound not supported #1: Outbound not supported –Outbound is not – for whatever reason – supported/implemented, but still requirement to negotiate keep-alives #2: Non-registration emergency calls –Emergency call made by non-registered user –Keep-alive needed during the session –Outbound cannot be used even if supported (Outbound requires registration) –Requirement in 3GPP

USE CASES (2/2): Outbound not supported #3: Dialog initiated outbound flows –Outbound flow created during dialog establishment –[draft-ietf-sip-outbound] specifies that keep-alives must be separately negotiated for such flows #4: Intermediate-to-intermediate –Heartbeat type-of function between intermediates during a session Not necessarily for NAT keep-alive purpose –Useful for SIP provider peering, proxy-to-PSTN-GW, etc.

PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS REQ 1: It MUST be possible for a SIP entity acting as a UAC to indicate, during registration and session establishment, support of the keep-alive techniques defined [draft-ietf-sip-outbound] towards the next hop, if only the keep-alive part of [draft-ietf-sip-outbound] is used for the registration or session REQ 2: It MUST be possible for a SIP entity acting as a UAS to indicate, during registration and session establishment, support of the keep-alive techniques defined [I-D.ietf-sip-outbound] towards the previous hop, if only the keep-alive part of [draft-ietf-sip-outbound] is used for the registration or session

PROPOSAL Agree on the requirements, and start work on a technical solution

THANK YOU!